U.S. patent number 8,734,486 [Application Number 12/849,983] was granted by the patent office on 2014-05-27 for multiple suture thread configuration with an intermediate connector. This patent grant is currently assigned to Ethicon, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Andrew Kaplan, Jeffrey C. Leung, Gregory Ruff. Invention is credited to Andrew Kaplan, Jeffrey C. Leung, Gregory Ruff.
United States Patent | 8,734,486 |
Leung , et al. | May 27, 2014 |
A suture system has a plurality of barbed sutures each with a plurality of barbs and a body connector that connects said plurality of barbed sutures. The sutures can move relative to the body connector. The body connector can retain tissue.
Inventors: | Leung; Jeffrey C. (Raleigh, NC), Ruff; Gregory (Chapel Hill, NC), Kaplan; Andrew (Hillsborough, NC) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville,
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Family ID: | 31495078 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 12/849,983 | ||||||||||
Filed: | August 4, 2010 |
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US 20100318122 A1 | Dec 16, 2010 | |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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12119749 | May 13, 2008 | 8083770 | |||
10914755 | May 13, 2008 | 7371253 | |||
10216516 | Aug 10, 2004 | 6773450 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 606/232 |
Current CPC Class: | A61B 17/06166 (20130101); A61B 17/0401 (20130101); A61B 2017/0462 (20130101); Y10S 606/91 (20130101); A61B 2017/0412 (20130101); A61B 17/064 (20130101); A61B 2017/0427 (20130101); A61B 2017/06057 (20130101); Y10S 606/908 (20130101); A61B 2017/06176 (20130101); A61B 17/1146 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | A61B 17/04 (20060101) |
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